Marion Williams

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A boutique practice which specializes in international business law. We work with clients on a local, regional and international level in the specialized areas of intellectual property and international business corporations. Our services involve the registration and the licensing of patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as the formation and the registration of international business corporations, in the major international financial centers. We maximize our services to our clients through strategic collaboration and partnering with legal and financial professionals onshore as well as offshore.


The practice of licensing is a very specialized form of trade involving the exploitation of intellectual property. It is made up of essentially of three basic components:

* Legal: The legal aspect of licensing focuses on the forms and protections of intellectual property (IP) rights, contractual vehicles by which such rights can be conveyed and the applicability of governing law to the behaviors and misbehaviors of individuals and legal entities.

* Financial: The financial perspective of licensing leads to an analysis of the value of IP rights as they may be packaged in various forms and with other assets so they may be subjects of commercial transactions, i.e. licenses. * Business: From the perspective of the business owner or manager, licensing and IP are viewed as mechanisms by which investments made can be realized or the investments of others acquired, all as part of the competitive context of successfully satisfying the needs of its customers, present and future.

Through collaboration and alliances our practice includes all forms of licensing, distribution, sponsorship, franchising, R&D, collaboration and technology transfer agreements:

* Internal Research & Development (IR&D), contract R&D
* Entrepreneurship, innovation, inventions, discoveries, creations * Valuation, pricing, royalties, equity/warrants, minimums, changes of IP rights, supply purchase commitments * Agreements (deals), deal-marketing, negotiation, deal making * Spinouts, Joints Ventures/Partnerships, research collaborations, startups. M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions)
* Infringement/IP-theft litigation/negotiation/settlement * Government policy related to IP law and policy, economic development and trade.

We have a multi-jurisdictional approach that allows our clients access to a broad range of specialized advise and at the same time maintaining a close working relationship with us.

Alliances with world top onshore as well as offshore law firms
We work with the world top onshore as well as offshore law firms who advise our clients on the world’s most sophisticated offshore financial structures to suit each client individual or corporate needs. We collaborate with law firms in North America, the Caribbean as well as in the Middle East. We have collaborated with licensing agencies such as Global Icons and Perception Partners in the United States.

Marion Williams is a law graduate of the University of London, in the United Kingdom with a LLB (Honours) and licensed to practice as a CARICOM lawyer since 1992. She regularly contributes to the International Financial Centres Yearbook, Euromoney plc. and has contributed to the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce, newsletter as well as SHOREX, Offshore Today. Professional memberships include the Licensing Executive Society (LES) USA and Canada and the Licensing Executive Society International.

Marion Williams volunteers for Lawyers Without Borders (LWOB) and is the proud winner of the 2003 LWOB Gold Globe award in honour of attorney Barry Gold of Albany, New York (1945-2002).

LWOB - UN ECOSOC Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean for 2007.

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